Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: host name support in pg_hba.conf
Date: 2010-08-09 18:56:11
Message-ID: 4C6008FB020000250003438F@gw.wicourts.gov
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> The client's IP address (known from the kernel)

Some machines have several IP addresses; how is that handled?

> is reverse looked up, which results in a host name.

Some IP addresses have several host names, including in reverse
lookup; how is that handled?

-Kevin

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